GUIDELINE
Department: Quality Improvement
Document Identifier: GL/HCO/003/03
Hand Hygiene is the single most effective means of preventing and reducing the spread of infection by decreasing the number of transient and resident organisms on the hands. Hand hygiene is an essential practice for all healthcare workers and those attending or visiting healthcare facilities. Evidence has consistently shown that hand hygiene practices have been poorly conducted by healthcare workers.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has developed an approach to hand hygiene for healthcare workers known as the 'Five Moments in Hand Hygiene' that is now recognized as the basis for good hand hygiene practice in healthcare facilities to prevent and reduce the spread of infection. This guideline reiterates the WHO approach to hand hygiene and promotes its adoption by all healthcare operators licensed under DHCA and its branches.
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| 1.1 | To provide minimum standards and procedures in hand hygiene practices by healthcare workers in outpatient clinics and other clinical support and medical facilities... |